waggish
adjective
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adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English wag Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English waggish From wag (“waghalter, rogue”) + -ish.
- witty, jocular, like a wag
“[H]ere Pen was immensely waggish, and caused hysteric giggles of delight from the ladies […]”
“As the time went on and the impenetrable Carrados made no allusion to the case, Carlyle's manner inclined to a waggish commiseration of his host's position.”
- mischievous, tricky